Ruby (aka CRuby) before 1.8.7-p357 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.
CVE-2011-4815
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 89.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 30, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (32)
- cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
- cve@mitrehttp://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/391606
- cve@mitrehttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90615481/index.html
- cve@mitrehttp://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2012/JVNDB-2012-000066.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0069.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/47405
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/47822
- cve@mitrehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- cve@mitrehttp://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/12/28/denial-of-service-attack-was-found-for-rubys-hash-algorithm/
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026474
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-4815(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:8838Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:7307Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:7305Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libruby1.8 (1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.1) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ruby4-0-main-4.0.0-33.3.hum1 | 2026-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby3-4-main-3.4.8-31.1.hum1 | 2026-04-09 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby3-3-main-3.3.10-23.1.hum1 | 2026-04-09 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:1.8.5-22.el5_7.1 | 2012-01-30 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:1.8.7.352-4.el6_2 | 2012-01-30 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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